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confident 【confident】adj. 确信的The doctor felt confident that his patient would recover from pneumonia.那医生确信他的病人的肺炎会康复。

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['kɒnfədənt] 
confidenthaving or marked by confidence or assurance
If you're confident you are sure about something, someone, or yourself. He was confident he could keep his balance and cross the river on the skinny log, but he wasn't so confident that the log was strong enough to hold him.
Confident is often a word of assurance. Someone may ask, "Are you sure that's the right way to do it?" and then, just to be assured, they might say, "So, you're confident that's the right wire to cut so the bomb doesn't blow?" Being really sure of something or being sure of yourself is being confident. "He held his head high, but not in an arrogant or show-off way; he was just confident about who he was. He liked himself."
All forms of 'confident' will appear on average once every 50 pages.confidentialself-confidenceconfidenceconfidentconfidentlyoverconfidentself-confidentconfidentialityconfidentiallyoverconfidence
CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: CONFIDENT-CONFIDANTE
			
    Confident is how  you feel on a good hair day, but a confidant is the person you tell when you're secretly wearing a wig. It's  no wonder that these words are so easily confused: they were once both confident. 
If  you're looking and feeling good, you're confident. Confident is  a feeling of self-reliance or of certainty about something. It comes from  Middle French, confident, which in turn comes from Latin, cōnfidentem, meaning "trusting or bold." If you're not confident,  you turn tail and go home. Hold your head up high to read these confident  examples:

He  appeared confident that he could get to any spot, setting up lanes by  running with patience and vision. (New  York Times)
  
    Both camps say  they are confident of winning. (Reuters)

A confidant,  with an a, is the person you trust to  spill your guts to. It also comes from the French confident, which came  from the Latin confidente, for "a trusted friend." Confidante has  been used to refer to a female trusted friend, parallel to the French confidente, but that usage has fallen largely out of favor as an unnecessary feminine  version, like authoress. You  can add that e if you want, either way say it with a sultry French  accent:

They were friends, confidants,  inseparable companions as well. (Frederick  William Robinson)
   "I'm not talking about just two or three of my  closest confidants." (New York  Times)

Try remembering that if you are  confident, the person you believe in is "me."  If you have a confidant, you are putting your trust in another.  If you're confident your friend won't  tell all your business, she can be your confidant.

Front	confident
Pron	['kɒnfədənt]
Back	【confident】 adj. 确信的 The doctor felt confident that his patient would recover from pneumonia. 那医生确信他的病人的肺炎会康复。
Vocab	confidenthaving or marked by confidence or assurance If you're confident you are sure about something, someone, or yourself. He was confident he could keep his balance and cross the river on the skinny log, but he wasn't so confident that the log was strong enough to hold him. Confident is often a word of assurance. Someone may ask, "Are you sure that's the right way to do it?" and then, just to be assured, they might say, "So, you're confident that's the right wire to cut so the bomb doesn't blow?" Being really sure of something or being sure of yourself is being confident. "He held his head high, but not in an arrogant or show-off way; he was just confident about who he was. He liked himself." All forms of 'confident' will appear on average once every 50 pages. confidential self-confidence confidence confident confidently overconfident self-confident confidentiality confidentially overconfidence CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: CONFIDENT-CONFIDANTE Confident is how you feel on a good hair day, but a confidant is the person you tell when you're secretly wearing a wig. It's no wonder that these words are so easily confused: they were once both confident. If you're looking and feeling good, you're confident. Confident is a feeling of self-reliance or of certainty about something. It comes from Middle French, confident, which in turn comes from Latin, cōnfidentem, meaning "trusting or bold." If you're not confident, you turn tail and go home. Hold your head up high to read these confident examples: He appeared confident that he could get to any spot, setting up lanes by running with patience and vision. (New York Times) Both camps say they are confident of winning. (Reuters) A confidant, with an a, is the person you trust to spill your guts to. It also comes from the French confident, which came from the Latin confidente, for "a trusted friend." Confidante has been used to refer to a female trusted friend, parallel to the French confidente, but that usage has fallen largely out of favor as an unnecessary feminine version, like authoress. You can add that e if you want, either way say it with a sultry French accent: They were friends, confidants, inseparable companions as well. (Frederick William Robinson) "I'm not talking about just two or three of my closest confidants." (New York Times) Try remembering that if you are confident, the person you believe in is "me." If you have a confidant, you are putting your trust in another. If you're confident your friend won't tell all your business, she can be your confidant.

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